James Spann's live coverage of April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak on ABC 33/40

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  • @briansouth7777
    @briansouth7777 3 роки тому +272

    Cullman tornado- 27:45
    TV Tower collapse in distance- 38:27
    Tuscaloosa Tornado - 2:34:00
    Lightning Strike - 3:25:17
    Tornado moving through Birmingham - 3:30:00
    Tornado from Red Mountain Expressway ALDOT cam - 3:33:25
    Fultondale Damage - 5:07:38
    Tuscaloosa Damage - 5:37:30

    • @jpkjnn6733
      @jpkjnn6733 3 роки тому +5

      Thank you! Most useful comment!

    • @ThePackerMan71
      @ThePackerMan71 3 роки тому +26

      Let's not forget 1:45:11, the beginning of the deadliest tornado of the outbreak.

    • @DM-qg4bi
      @DM-qg4bi 3 роки тому +2

      Thanks Mr. South 👍

    • @tmorelli1982
      @tmorelli1982 3 роки тому +1

      No coverage of the hackleburg EF5?

    • @fluffypenguins
      @fluffypenguins 2 роки тому +5

      @@tmorelli1982 he covered it as it went into hackleburg, but when it crossed the county line it was out of the Birmingham television market. There were other tornadoes in his television market that he had to cover. Huntsville picked up the hackleburg/Phil Campbell tornado

  • @LucasVanderBartlett
    @LucasVanderBartlett 6 років тому +507

    Lets not forget Jason Simpson who was live on air from 3am to 9am then continued on in the afternoon.

    • @megaoldskool76
      @megaoldskool76 6 років тому +23

      Lucas Vander-Bartlett He did such an awesome job👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @allysonkitchens5840
      @allysonkitchens5840 5 років тому +25

      Jason is great. He does a fantastic job covering North Alabama at Channel 19 in Huntsville.

    • @Zoomer30
      @Zoomer30 5 років тому +43

      Saw a behind the scenes video that show the stress Jason was under because his family farm had gotten hit and he didn't know if anyone was killed.

    • @jasonjekyll8576
      @jasonjekyll8576 5 років тому +5

      @James Nuttes the best

    • @TILR
      @TILR 5 років тому +8

      The work and passion people who work for the public can bring.

  • @brody_wx568
    @brody_wx568 4 роки тому +587

    I don't think James Spann will ever understand how many lives he saved that day

    • @killersopinion1829
      @killersopinion1829 4 роки тому +61

      James said he felt responsible for the lives lost this day...but we know he saved so many more!

    • @ariefpraditya6061
      @ariefpraditya6061 4 роки тому +23

      And yet he still felt guilty for 252 people who died that day

    • @altfactor
      @altfactor 4 роки тому +31

      Were it not for James Spann and other meteologists in the area, the death toll that day in Alabama would have been at least ten times that number, maybe even twenty times that number (or between 2,500 and 5,000 dead).
      It could have been that tragic!

    • @millhousemillard2140
      @millhousemillard2140 4 роки тому +9

      @@ariefpraditya6061 he said he feels like it should of been 30

    • @peachxtaehyung
      @peachxtaehyung 4 роки тому +8

      Yeah me either. He takes it way too hard and blames himself

  • @michaelboyer9798
    @michaelboyer9798 3 роки тому +52

    Over 8 hours non stop coverage. Spann and Simpson know the landmarks of all these small towns. Amazing and admirable. That was a great team. Thanks for posting.

  • @Kimtwister
    @Kimtwister 6 років тому +357

    RESPECT THE POLYGON

    • @supertornadogun1690
      @supertornadogun1690 5 років тому +18

      R e S p E c T t H e P o L y G o N

    • @joestueckrath5275
      @joestueckrath5275 4 роки тому +4

      SuperTornadoGun respect any severe thunderstorm warning and tornado warning just get in to a shelter like a basement or a safe room designed to be tornado shelter

    • @silasthegreat983
      @silasthegreat983 4 роки тому +13

      P O L Y G O N L I V E S M A T T E R

    • @silasthegreat983
      @silasthegreat983 4 роки тому +3

      Anna Marie Munyenze they matter to but Polygon lives are significant too

    • @Neotheaterr
      @Neotheaterr 4 роки тому +3

      @Anna Marie Munyenze polygon lives matter too

  • @excitedpatsfanwx681
    @excitedpatsfanwx681 4 роки тому +290

    I’m watching this doing homework from home during the great quarantine of 2020

    • @nutmeg13sm
      @nutmeg13sm 4 роки тому +6

      What’s your major? Or are you in high school? I’m a nursing student doing the same thing lol

    • @excitedpatsfanwx681
      @excitedpatsfanwx681 4 роки тому +10

      Dusty Frost I’m in high school

    • @jasonjekyll8576
      @jasonjekyll8576 4 роки тому +14

      I use this for study and even to help me sleep sometimes lol

    • @marketingheavydutytowcompa6996
      @marketingheavydutytowcompa6996 4 роки тому +1

      You had homework to do but instead you were watching weather from the year 2011? Well that explains why the Youth of today don't have a clue what's going on in the world today

    • @excitedpatsfanwx681
      @excitedpatsfanwx681 4 роки тому +16

      Marketing Heavy Duty Tow Companies bro i was listening to it

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor 6 років тому +413

    It may have been the worst tragedy in Alabama history, but arguably the "finest hour" in the history of Alabama television broadcasting.
    Although there were some fatalities, the reporting of James Spann and other TV meteorologists that day and evening may have saved dozens if not hundreds of other lives.

    • @chinahatchild3030
      @chinahatchild3030 6 років тому +4

      altfactor
      Well I’ll be damned, let’s hope this won’t happen again.

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 5 років тому +14

      @@chinahatchild3030 we hope not...but mother nature...she has plans. Up here in Pennsylvania, we still remember the outbreak of 85 and pray an F5/EF5 don't happen.

    • @Deweycox710
      @Deweycox710 5 років тому +12

      It's hard to survive an EF-5 if you're at your home unless you have a underground safe place or a tornado grade shelter built. That's why if possible always go to a storm shelter if possible if there is fair warning!

    • @newstarcadefan
      @newstarcadefan 5 років тому +6

      @@Deweycox710 actually that is true. That's why the only F5 Tornado to hit Pennsylvania devistated everywhere it touched from Niles Ohio, cutting through to the Wheatland/Hermitage Pennsylvania area, then ending in Mercer, PA

    • @mm-gl7sz
      @mm-gl7sz 5 років тому +19

      I was at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in the 70s when they didn't have the technology they had in 2011 or now but I can tell you James Spann was on top of all severe weather situations back then as well. Excellent meteorogist who since the advent of social media is getting the recognition he deserves

  • @michaelatencio2917
    @michaelatencio2917 5 років тому +209

    Best weatherman in the U.S. I know James Spann felt bad about this day, but you can't physically make somebody take shelter. He did a tremendous job. Very sorry for the people & families that lost love ones from this tornado outbreak. Outbreaks are rare. 2011 was something else. James Spann always gives his best.

    • @patrickperry8951
      @patrickperry8951 4 роки тому +6

      One of the best

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 4 роки тому +24

      Shortly after the Spielberg Tornado nailed Cullman, almost all of Alabama from the Tennessee state line to north of Mobile, exploded with dozens of large, violent, longtrack tornadoes. From that point forward James and Jason HAD to have set a record. It was unbelievable how many tornadoes they were juggling at the same time! And they weren't just Alabama tornadoes. They were also tracking many large, dangerous and deadly tornadoes Rolling across the state line from Mississippi. Thanks a lot Mississippi. 😠 They were on the air, non-stop from about 2:PM till around 10:00 PM and they never missed a beat. The meteorologists in Huntsville and Chattanooga also did a great job in the Tennessee Valley tracking all the Tornadoes in Northeast Alabama. Huntsville alone issued NINETY TWO! tornado and tornado Emergencies in North Alabama but 33/40 was incredible!

    • @josephsmith1644
      @josephsmith1644 3 роки тому +9

      I second that i would go Brian Norcross he saved half of miami dade county during hurricane andrew scariest night of my life..

    • @erselley9017
      @erselley9017 2 роки тому +4

      @@josephsmith1644 That coverage was amazing. If I'm not mistaken they had to shelter mid broadcast and they grabbed some batteries and broadcasted from a tiny room in their basement. The man they had outside was a boss. I remember seeing them laying down in the floor of their van that they parked under a bypass and expressed concern the van was going to blow over. Brian was like I think it's time to come back inside and he couldn't because they thought the van would flip over while driving the half mile back to the station so they just rode it out in the van.

    • @3rdandlong
      @3rdandlong Рік тому +4

      @@josephsmith1644 Amazing you mention Brian Norcross. Many years ago, (from story I heard) he was on verge of losing his job or getting cut (not clear on this though) until a Hurricane rolled through, and he broadcast storm coverage Live in a dimly lit studio on emergency power. I vaguely remember seeing the actual clip of him doing this during the storm. I used to be in TV News so that's how I know this. So yes you are correct. He got a very big promotion after that and may have received an award too. Amazing you know this little tid-bit. Cheers.

  • @BigMoneysLife
    @BigMoneysLife 5 років тому +178

    I don't even live in Alabama, and I love watching James. He really did do an awesome job keeping everybody up to date on what was going on with these dangerous storms. He seriously should've gotten an award for the awesome job he did.

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 5 років тому +10

      I watched a Facebook live and we had people from , Madrid , Okinawa, and Versailles in the stream. I live 80 miles south in another coverage area. James Spann's voice is POWERFUL. He groomed Jason Simpson to follow in his footsteps. He's changed the industry.

    • @carl0jin304
      @carl0jin304 5 років тому

      He came to my little brother school

    • @shannonelaine3556
      @shannonelaine3556 4 роки тому +6

      Same here, I live in Ohio, and I cannot stand our weather people, James is awesome!

    • @josephgibson4250
      @josephgibson4250 4 роки тому +2

      I hope you won't be hearing him often on Facebook live

    • @davidbird60
      @davidbird60 4 роки тому +5

      I live in Birmingham, and to his immense credit, James Spann is considered the most trusted man in Alabama

  • @peytonmorris1499
    @peytonmorris1499 5 років тому +119

    I lived through the Tuscaloosa tornado on this day. Kudos to James Spann and Jason Simpson for saving our lives. I will never forget this day.

    • @carl0jin304
      @carl0jin304 5 років тому

      I dont remember where i lived i think huytown or hoover

    • @patrickperry8951
      @patrickperry8951 4 роки тому

      I had just left there earlier in the day

    • @plawson8577
      @plawson8577 4 роки тому +7

      ALF Raydough Tragically with Joplin, most people ignored the Tornado Warnings. The Local News Stations also deliberately ignored the NWS PDS Tornado Watch issued 6 hours earlier. Local News was also sloppy and ill advised.

    • @conjr6832
      @conjr6832 4 роки тому +1

      I was in moundville that day. The one in hale county came 3 miles by my house, scary day. I was like 12

    • @junkiexl86
      @junkiexl86 2 роки тому +4

      Luckily the Tuscaloosa torando wasnt nearly as strong as the Phil Campbell/Hackleburg tornado (started at 57:37) which left nothing but bare slabs of concrete foundations and went on to be the deadliest tornado of the outbreak. Had that one went through Tuscaloosa....oh man.

  • @claytondusauzay6745
    @claytondusauzay6745 4 роки тому +126

    Here in New Jersey it's rare to have tornado outbreaks and for that I'm glad, but if we ever did, THIS is the guy that I want covering it. And that's with no disrespect to my local meterologists.

    • @joelfogelsanger5773
      @joelfogelsanger5773 4 роки тому +4

      I think Adam Joseph could do a good job too.

    • @claytondusauzay6745
      @claytondusauzay6745 4 роки тому +4

      I live in Northern NJ, where WABC-TV is our local abc affiliate. Lee Goldberg and company do a pretty decent job with severe weather. But I am familiar with Cecily, Karen and Adam at 6abc. I saw Adam cover a tornado warning a few years back when I was visiting Atlantic City.

    • @rayc512
      @rayc512 3 роки тому

      Just have tornados last week in mercer county what a ride!

  • @sirn4te
    @sirn4te 5 років тому +48

    I'm in Texas and watching this James and Jason are heroic

  • @ILoveOldTWC
    @ILoveOldTWC 4 роки тому +58

    It's just incredible how at 3:30:30, Jason has the sky cam on wide angle and you still can't see all of the tornado since it's so huge.

    • @pookiedookiedoo
      @pookiedookiedoo 3 роки тому +17

      @Parker Speights how does that make them a simp....? weirdo

    • @excitedpatsfanwx681
      @excitedpatsfanwx681 3 роки тому +2

      @Parker Speights he’s saying that when he got the sky cam all the way out all you could see was the wall cloud connected to the tornado

    • @calebwmsgolf
      @calebwmsgolf 3 роки тому +3

      @Parker Speights simp? Is that the best word you could find? Do you even know what simp means?

    • @tatummvp99
      @tatummvp99 3 роки тому +2

      @Parker Speights nigga that’s the rain that’s how hard it’s raining then the tornado is dark is the clouds so it may blend in the rain or it’s rainwrapped. Also hes not a simp saying something weather wise is not being a simp btw u probably don’t even know what simp is.

    • @jpkjnn6733
      @jpkjnn6733 3 роки тому +1

      @Parker Speights maybe you could tell him without being such an insufferable little prick? If you're so unsure as to what the best approach is, that'd be my suggestion.

  • @ILoveOldTWC
    @ILoveOldTWC 4 роки тому +160

    April 3-4, 1974 was the largest tornado outbreak in U.S. history.
    April 25-28, 2011: Hold my beer

  • @jessreinhardt4408
    @jessreinhardt4408 4 роки тому +55

    Very touching how he mentions the importance of saving found mementos for people who lost everything; how much it would mean to them.

    • @peachxtaehyung
      @peachxtaehyung 4 роки тому +5

      You should listen to the episode of his podcast weatherbrains called "heavy hearts " about this day. He gets emotional and it's really touching

  • @midsouthexpress
    @midsouthexpress 4 роки тому +199

    When you see James Spann on TV standing in his suspenders you know it's going to be a bad day.

    • @LillaVya
      @LillaVya 4 роки тому +11

      If he still works in that field he will likely be in his suspenders tomorrow

    • @midsouthexpress
      @midsouthexpress 4 роки тому +8

      @@LillaVya He is still at that station and I promise you he will be standing in his suspenders tomorrow!

    • @finmueller7827
      @finmueller7827 4 роки тому +8

      @@midsouthexpress he was standing in them and still is at 10

    • @lhaviland8602
      @lhaviland8602 4 роки тому +30

      Sleeves rolled up is code red.

    • @jeffreyrobinson6628
      @jeffreyrobinson6628 4 роки тому +4

      Yes indeed

  • @davidmatheny1993
    @davidmatheny1993 3 роки тому +15

    If you see a velocity signature like at 3:19:00 coming anywhere near you, do not waste another second getting in shelter. It takes one very violent tornado for the winds away and towards the radar to be on opposite sides of the rotation.

    • @jakesanservino7500
      @jakesanservino7500 3 роки тому +2

      With that signature even someone who can’t read velocity could tell something was off. Just remarkable

    • @davidmatheny1993
      @davidmatheny1993 3 роки тому

      @Lauren Smith I believe that was the single biggest reason that outbreak was so deadly, other than so many of those tornadoes being incredibly violent. Those morning storms knocked out so much power that it could not all be restored by the worse weather that afternoon.

  • @dyer2cycle
    @dyer2cycle 5 років тому +76

    ...this is as good of tornado coverage as you can get, period....professional and tireless...after watching this video for hours, I only have one complaint about it...having to stare at F.O.R.D. on the screen for hours.......

    • @pittbulldawg93
      @pittbulldawg93 5 років тому +18

      Tornadoes...... Brought to you by Ford lol 😂

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 5 років тому +4

      $$$ bills must be paid

    • @lhaviland8602
      @lhaviland8602 4 роки тому +2

      How else are you going to run away from the tornado?

    • @csonkaperdido
      @csonkaperdido 4 роки тому +4

      @@lhaviland8602 in a reliable car... Like a Chevy!

    • @lhaviland8602
      @lhaviland8602 4 роки тому +1

      @@csonkaperdido lol

  • @JasonDrennen
    @JasonDrennen 5 років тому +39

    You know meteorologist don't get enough credit. I have never seen a person so passionate and calm under pressure holding it together and worried about saving lives like this guy. He's very knowledgeable and he's good at explaining it to people that does not understand weather. By doing that it emphasizes the severity of the emergency. I guarantee you he saved more life's that day than anybody will ever know. I also guarantee he probably went home wondering what he could have done better to save even more. Not Pat himself on the back and act like an arrogant ass like a lot of others I see. He's truly a superstar and the hero to a lot of people that walked away from this tornado.
    His reporting gave a lot of other Heroes the ability to act in such scary times. A lot of them that will never know their names. When things like this happen you learn real quick how strong and how quick people are willing to sacrifice their lives in an instant to save others. It's one of those things that still makes me proud of the people of our country. We don't sacrifice kids to save ourselves.

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 4 роки тому +2

      I guess there's a difference between meteorolists and weathercasters. The 2 main people in our market (CBS; we get NBC and ABC from Indianapolis, 60 miles away) couldn't wipe mud from the heels of Mr. Spann's shoes. They r-e-a-d the weather from the prompter I guess and are sometimes 2 or 3 feet off on the green screen. They're good for a laugh, but not when the chips are down.

    • @TJB270
      @TJB270 3 роки тому

      Well said. If anything, they get way too much criticism

    • @gregusmc2868
      @gregusmc2868 7 місяців тому

      I lived through the 74 Xenia tornado (as a 10 year old) and our meteorologists used old WW2 surplus military radar. Still do (not)

  • @b7grams
    @b7grams 3 роки тому +14

    35:25 reminds me a bit of the Jarrell, TX tornado in that you can see the dead man walking.

  • @GabbyRN545
    @GabbyRN545 4 роки тому +71

    James Spann is the only one I trust in situations like this. Ive literally watched him report until 3 am and I couldn't sleep until he told me it was safe.

    • @Tremonti4ever
      @Tremonti4ever 2 роки тому +6

      Idk if you’re like me but I love watching good tornado coverage and the major outbreak of December 10/11th, 2021 in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri was absolutely amazing!! I know they eventually said it was multiple tornadoes but throughout the broadcasts it seemed as though it was one long track tornado for over 200 MILES!! I recommend checking out the local 6 coverage with meteorologist Trent Okerson whom did a phenomenal job and even though 70+ people died because it was a nighttime tornado outbreak and that monster F-4 tornado was on the ground for what seemed at the time like 200 miles (and personally I believe it was) it would’ve been much much worse without him and to a lesser extent also his partner/co-meteorologist Noah Bergren who did a good job as well although I think he was a little too hung up on certain things but that’s a nit pick thing. The fact is they all saved A LOT OF LIVES THAT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING!!

    • @kaelynjacksonn
      @kaelynjacksonn 2 роки тому +2

      brad travis is also amazing. he saves so many lives here in north alabama. alabama has been blessed with amazing meteorologists

  • @briankristensen4101
    @briankristensen4101 6 років тому +48

    Thank you for sharing this historic footage. Span is a true pro that cares for public safety and it shows on this day.

    • @timbartschwolfman
      @timbartschwolfman 6 років тому +2

      Brian Kristensen
      He was Being Brave and helping people to get through the storms

    • @hawyee0418
      @hawyee0418 6 років тому +3

      don't forget Jason

    • @marvinjohnson7523
      @marvinjohnson7523 5 років тому +4

      Don’t forget the skywatchers to

  • @lhaviland8602
    @lhaviland8602 4 роки тому +22

    The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham storm is first mentioned at 1:51:02

  • @LDHBees
    @LDHBees 2 роки тому +36

    James has a gift. He manages to stay focused while keeping multiple location updates going - all at the same time! His ability to manage information live from the field, and from countless storm watchers, is uncanny. God has really used James to save lives and educate Alabamians on tornado safety. Much respect to James Spann and Jason Simpson - what a team they were that day! I worked with both of them and they are good men in every way. As James always tells us, "Respect the polygon!"

    • @3rdandlong
      @3rdandlong Рік тому +3

      If I was in your neck of the woods (if you are in AL), I'd start making Tee-shirts: "Respect The Polygon". People in Portland would have no idea what I was talking about. James is a savior to you all.

    • @kakkycoasties8670
      @kakkycoasties8670 Рік тому

      He's the goat!

  • @annieoops6243
    @annieoops6243 3 роки тому +7

    2:38:20 marking right around the time the skycam comes back and the shock in James voice gave me chills 😩 I still remember this day like it was today.

  • @carlaschurman4508
    @carlaschurman4508 4 роки тому +16

    What an amazing meteorologist! He had to have saved hundreds. Bless you, Sir. 💞💯 I'm from Kansas and parents lost home in Nebraska 7 tornadoes one night. I can totally appreciate his passion.

  • @kennethnugent8255
    @kennethnugent8255 5 років тому +33

    I was in my grandfathers basement in 1974 when this happened. I was 10 years old. I didn't think it would ever happen again. I wonder how many lives James and Jason would have saved back then. The 2 best weathermen in the country. And yes, I watched this video all the way through, because I lived through it just like ya'll did.

  • @adema1978
    @adema1978 3 роки тому +15

    James Spann was pleading and warning to take shelter. I'm Dutch never experienced a tornado. But for what I see and hear he did what he did to warn everyone. He did well and he should be praised.

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 3 роки тому +2

      it was like the banging song by MARTHA & THE VANDELAS. tHAT DAY, There was NOWHERE TO RUN AND KNOW WHERE TO HIDE!

    • @firechasersparkles2023
      @firechasersparkles2023 5 місяців тому +1

      Tornadoes certainly make you regain a sense of respect for Mother Nature. She could easily wipe us all out if she wanted to.

  • @UrielAurora6972
    @UrielAurora6972 3 роки тому +19

    James Spann is a legend. I'm watching this video from Springfield Missouri. We had dealt with the EF5 in Joplin only a few weeks later after the outbreak in Alabama. We empathize with you all.

    • @kaelynjacksonn
      @kaelynjacksonn 2 роки тому

      2011 was a year that devastated so many lives. we empathize with you guys in/ around joplin. that was a beast

    • @Peersoncasteell
      @Peersoncasteell 2 роки тому

      I’m just north of Springfield I definitely remember a lot of bad Ozarks tornadoes 2019 was a pretty rough year. I highly recommend reading whatstands in a storm. It’s a book about this outbreak that has interviews with him. Told the story of people that were impacted by the outbreak. It’s a pretty hard-hitting Account of The weather side and emotional of it.

    • @13_cmi
      @13_cmi Рік тому

      2011 was both an amazing and horrible year for tornadoes. So many ef5s and borderline ef5s but so many deaths.

    • @christylittle4384
      @christylittle4384 8 місяців тому

      Our Alabama disaster relief helped with setting up disaster relief utilizing social media for the Joplin tornado. We coordinated with the EMA handling the Joolin tornado & had relief trucks headed there in a few hours after the tornado hit. We were the first state to use social media in a large scale way to coordinate relief supplies and we helped trained many other relief agencies across the country.

  • @HannahG93
    @HannahG93 4 роки тому +30

    2011 was not a good year for tornadoes. I live in Oklahoma and we lost half of our house from an EF4 two days after the Joplin tornado.

  • @joygrace7924
    @joygrace7924 5 років тому +52

    Tuscaloosa to Birmingham has become a Death Alley for violent tornadoes.

    • @F5Storm1
      @F5Storm1 4 роки тому +2

      Huntsville is worse

    • @ILoveOldTWC
      @ILoveOldTWC 4 роки тому +3

      @@F5Storm1 Huntsville had it in both the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak and the April 27, 2011 Super Outbreak. Huntsville is to Dixie Alley what Oklahoma City is to traditional Tornado Alley.

    • @gastonbell108
      @gastonbell108 4 роки тому +7

      For years the meteorologists didn't even know Dixie Alley was a thing, because so many of the tornadoes were night and/or rain-wrapped and thus went unreported unless they hit somebody's house. Nowadays they know that Dixie Alley is potentially MORE dangerous than Tornado Alley because of the visibility issues, the higher population density and the greater number of trailer homes.

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 4 роки тому +2

      @@gastonbell108 this was my second super outbreak. 1974 then this one. It was so much scarier as an adult. I had never heard of Dixie Alley until after this outbreak.

    • @janblackman6204
      @janblackman6204 3 роки тому

      Especially pleasant grove

  • @weatherguy8380
    @weatherguy8380 5 років тому +33

    The Cullman tornado has always amazed me with the horizontal vorticies

    • @scorpionsithlord
      @scorpionsithlord 4 роки тому +8

      Those horizontal vorticies are actually inflow tubes, feeding and intensifying the tornado. The Moore tornado in '99 had a very clear and defined inflow jet when it crossed Interstate 35.

    • @lhaviland8602
      @lhaviland8602 4 роки тому +7

      Classic "dead man walking"

  • @trainstorm1225
    @trainstorm1225 4 роки тому +46

    I know he’s just doing his job, but I guarantee he’s saved lives. The man’s a hero.

    • @BlakeNix
      @BlakeNix 4 роки тому +2

      He is.

    • @zacheadrick721
      @zacheadrick721 3 роки тому +4

      This man has saved countless of lives from this point on also we are possibly going to get another outbreak today and his house along with his wife was hit and he only paused for a minute to check on her and got right back to helping give warnings and save other lives

  • @LQOTW
    @LQOTW 6 років тому +35

    What a great job you all did covering that scary day! Amazing dedication to public safety. James Spann's voice is beautiful for broadcasting. It has a timbre similar to Alan Alda's and his diction is very clear. I live in NW Wisconsin (smaller market, I'm sure) and many of the on air reporters can barely utter their own names without tripping over or swallowing half the syllables.

    • @BlakeNix
      @BlakeNix 6 років тому +5

      Alan Alda! That’s true, never thought of it until you said something and I’ve heard him for years! He does do a great job...

  • @timdarr8008
    @timdarr8008 4 роки тому +12

    I live in northern Indiana and I remember this day. The lives that these two meteorologists saved are great. I have seen what storms do to people’s lives and the two gentlemen that were on the air for 16 hours should be given a medal. Great job!!!!!

    • @3rdandlong
      @3rdandlong Рік тому +1

      The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) quietly (with little/no public fanfare) has annual awards for television people who do great things on-air, or in their job function. I would guess the NAB may have possibly recognized these two for this event-as it would qualify as something important for the public, or the television market this station serves. There is another organization (which I don't remember the name of) that also is likely to present awards for television people/station for special moments like this.

  • @davemacri9171
    @davemacri9171 3 роки тому +5

    This is a realy professional broadcast, I know this is older news now, but I was stil on the edge of my seat the entire time listening to this and I live North of the boarder in the center of Canada

  • @manda60
    @manda60 5 років тому +34

    The Mayor of Tuscaloosa said it at 3 hrs 12 mins. James and his team saved a lot of lives that day.

  • @Zoomer30
    @Zoomer30 5 років тому +57

    38:23
    Watch the tower 🗼
    Doesn't make it.

    • @rudylittlewolf
      @rudylittlewolf 4 роки тому +4

      Yup and that's when they lost the video on it.

  • @hughmasson2200
    @hughmasson2200 Рік тому +5

    I don't think I've ever watched someone "work" as brilliantly as James does here. He is incredibly skilled. Also, I doubt there has ever been someone under as much pressure for such an extended amount of time as James is here. Hats off to Jason, too. He was ready to go at 3 that morning.

  • @vegasaviation2243
    @vegasaviation2243 4 роки тому +16

    Could not have asked for a better duo to handle that historic day. They handled it perfectly. Saved many lives.

  • @BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy
    @BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy 3 роки тому +8

    1:52:35 - Debris is being lofted on camera from a tornado that is still 30 miles away!

  • @landondow
    @landondow Рік тому +4

    Honestly, i think one of the most impressive parts of the coverage is both of their knowledge of the area they're covering. They aren't just reading names of towns off of the radar. They know the towns as well as a lot of specific buildings and roads, its amazing.

  • @stardust2441
    @stardust2441 8 місяців тому +4

    It's still insane to me how this man was live for 8 HOURS STRAIGHT what a legend

  • @mikeridgland4783
    @mikeridgland4783 4 роки тому +50

    This day was so terrifying. They literally just kept coming, and coming ..I was approximately 8 miles west of hackleburg and I remember seeing debris like paper, books, curtains, just circling in the air.we also found a bible still in tact right up against our HVAC unit.

    • @tracyfrederick5606
      @tracyfrederick5606 4 роки тому +2

      Thank god you were okay. That's too close for comfort.

    • @trainmaster1919
      @trainmaster1919 3 роки тому

      god gave you more study material.

    • @tmorelli1982
      @tmorelli1982 3 роки тому

      That was definitely the most terrifying tornado of the day.

    • @kaelynjacksonn
      @kaelynjacksonn 2 роки тому

      that tornado is the one that tracked all the way into tenn. it went through my county, destroyed a pharmacy (my now job), and killed way too many people. i’m thankful that we were missed (by 2 miles). it did ef-4 damage in my county and i remember finding a cross that was still intact but was broken off of a steeple from a church, i was only 5 at the time

  • @michealkelly9441
    @michealkelly9441 3 роки тому +8

    Almost exactly a month later, Joplin tornado hits. Then in May 2013, Moore and El Reno EF5s

    • @HannahG93
      @HannahG93 3 роки тому +2

      Two days after Joplin there was another tornado that went through El Reno and travelled to Guthrie, that was a ef5 too. My family was in the path, it was very scary.

    • @UrielAurora6972
      @UrielAurora6972 3 роки тому

      My husband and his family had been in St John's hospital the moment that tornado hit Joplin. He said it was comparable to a war zone. Completely surreal.

  • @johnshottie4415
    @johnshottie4415 3 роки тому +10

    He knows every single road in the state. He’s a legend.

  • @gejordan45
    @gejordan45 3 роки тому +35

    I can’t believe it’s been 10 years. Feels like yesterday.

  • @danc3488
    @danc3488 3 роки тому +8

    James wrote a book about this day called All You Can Do Is Pray. It was released in March. He'll be going around on book tours soon. What a day this was. The emotions he showed as the day wore on...at 6:26:00 when he said "Let me tell ya what, folks...this ain't my first rodeo. I've been here a looooong time...." Gave me chills

  • @abbie51304vlogs
    @abbie51304vlogs 3 роки тому +17

    As someone who was in Hartselle/Decatur (bc I was finishing the school year in Decatur) on this day, I was terrified all day. You could feel it that something wasn't gonna be good that day. My mom ended up picking me up before lunch, when there was a break in the weather, and we headed home. We were at Kroger when the power went out, and they said there was a tornado in Decatur (not near my school, but no one knew how long it would stay on the ground). We headed home and just did our best to stay safe. We were fortunate to not get hit, but we had family in Athens (near the Tuscaloosa EF5) and they were in a mobile home, so we checked on them the next day and really saw the extent of the damage.
    (I wanted to add that we had just moved to Hartselle. And the tornado mentioned at 7:15 was the Decatur tornado i was talking about. This day really shaped my future, and it inspired me to pursue meteorology as my career. (I also really got a sense of when bad storms were gonna happen, and last Easter (April 2020) I actually couldn't sleep all night when Georgia had some bad storms come through, and I ended up saving my grandmother and aunts and cousins, because they had a tornado (I think it was declared an EF3) come crazy close to them, luckily it didn't hit them, but my cousin said she could hear it, and it was really loud. My mom thought I was crazy, but she really freaked out when she saw that, and she was happy that I did wake them up and texted my cousin.)

  • @eric19902008
    @eric19902008 3 роки тому +12

    These two earned my respect for they way they covered the weather that day. Jason is in Huntsville now, but if either of them say the weather may get bad, we listen in our family

  • @mari052k
    @mari052k 3 роки тому +7

    I was 7 when the tornado came from Mississippi to Tuscaloosa. I saw the tornado coming straight toward our neighborhood but thankfully there wasn't much damage. That shit was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen

  • @Zoomer30
    @Zoomer30 5 років тому +13

    That Cullman skycam was a textbook example of tornado storm structure. Wall cloud with the rainshaft to the right.

    • @junkiexl86
      @junkiexl86 6 місяців тому

      Its what most people theorize storm structure to be. In reality, wall clouds do not precede or accompay many tornadoes and thus only looking specifically for such structure is poor storm spotting/tracking. It does look good though, esp a LP, high-contrast stovepipe with a clearly defined WC.

  • @2DSTORMS
    @2DSTORMS 4 роки тому +7

    Watched multiple times, but still amazed at that day. Loved Spann's coverage!

  • @fitfogey
    @fitfogey 2 роки тому +3

    At 3:42:10 Isiah mentioned the Tuscaloosa tornado hitting the apartments around the university and not knowing if students were in them or not. They were. I got a picture from one of them from inside the apartment itself. It was a picture of where the ceiling used to be and it was the sky instead.

  • @doctordarkly53
    @doctordarkly53 3 роки тому +17

    10 years ago we faced the deadliest tornado outbreak in American History. Let’s hope we’re even more prepared for another event like this.

    • @nolancain8792
      @nolancain8792 3 роки тому +5

      We definitely are. Better radars, debris indicators, hi-res velocity. It now enables fast detection.

    • @Beaster37
      @Beaster37 3 роки тому +1

      Although this was quiet deadly, it was not the deadliest tornado outbreak in American history (342 Fatalities April 2011). The Tri-State outbreak in 1925 was (747 fatalities March 1925).

    • @alexgilbert2
      @alexgilbert2 5 місяців тому

      @@Beaster37the reasoning for more than twice those deaths were from lack of communication and there was nothing anyone could do about it

  • @tider77
    @tider77 3 роки тому +14

    Anyone else watching this on the 10 year anniversary 4-27-2021?

    • @flydragon7256
      @flydragon7256 3 роки тому +1

      Yep, it's been 10 years since the tragic event.

    • @tider77
      @tider77 3 роки тому

      @@flydragon7256 I'll never forget that day. I was on 280 when that EF2 hit Cahaba Heights

  • @weinerdisc8099
    @weinerdisc8099 4 роки тому +32

    2:39:02 That's a scary sight.

  • @Moose6340
    @Moose6340 3 роки тому +4

    I watched a chunk of the ABC 33/40 livestream as this happened while sitting here up in NC. I was incredibly impressed both with James Spann's coverage and the fact that 33/40 kept their stream going with zero glitches in the middle of all this (in 2011 no less). But Spann, he's just astonishing with that encyclopedic knowledge of Alabama precisely positioning everything and telling people exactly where the problems are and what they need to do. The whole team should be justifiably proud of what they did that day.

  • @callmegabzplz
    @callmegabzplz 4 роки тому +19

    I hope Spann gets major bonuses because I couldn’t just imagine standing and talking for 8+ hours straight.

    • @peachxtaehyung
      @peachxtaehyung 4 роки тому +1

      He does it because he has a passion for it not because of what he gets paid. He really has passion for what he does unlike some other meteorologists

    • @GameTesterDev
      @GameTesterDev 4 роки тому +2

      Ford sponsoring a 9 hour broadcast... Pretty sure I read somewhere that Spann got a huge check of about $130,000 for that one broadcast...

    • @peachxtaehyung
      @peachxtaehyung 4 роки тому

      @@GameTesterDev I'm sure that's the check that everyone split. But if it is all his just imagine what I'm sure the broadcasting station got. Because I'm sure meteorologists are getting a smaller check than the broadcast station lol

  • @sadietaylorsversion13
    @sadietaylorsversion13 2 роки тому +3

    i was tiny when this happened but i remember this vividly. i’m from dekalb county, which was also wrecked by a tornado or two and even though james didn’t cover our area i know he saved hundreds of lives. such an amazing man.

  • @GameStrikerX2
    @GameStrikerX2 3 роки тому +17

    I'm extremely surprised James never rolled his sleeves up during this day or even any part of the 4 day weather outbreak honestly

  • @ThatBamaDude14
    @ThatBamaDude14 3 роки тому +5

    A day I will never forget. I remember them talking about this day a week in advance and what was likely to come. I remember being home and early that morning around 10 a bad thunderstorm that sounded like a tornado going over the house and sitting in the hallway with the dog. Once it passed I said nope I need to go to my grandparents and get in the storm shelter. We ended up spending 8 hours or so in the storm shelter that day. When it was all done we got home around 9 that night knowing a large tornado had touched down in the vicinity of our home and not knowing what we were coming home to. Luckily it had missed our home by about two miles but there was so many down trees and limbs. The eeriest and most gut wrenching thing was the debri in our yard. Bits of metal roofs, wallpaper from people's homes, etc...

  • @user-zr2lt6dh8j
    @user-zr2lt6dh8j 4 роки тому +16

    Every town should have a meteorologist like this guy... he's like Brian Norcross to Hurricane Andrew. They stuck through it all the way with their people...

  • @kaelynjacksonn
    @kaelynjacksonn 2 роки тому +3

    i was nearly 6 when this happened. i survived the ef-5 that tore through marion, franklin, limestone, lawrence, morgan and madison counties. one of 3 ef-5’s that day. 106 miles long and peak winds of 210 mph. 72 people died and 145 people were injured. i still remember everything from this day.

  • @cal4720
    @cal4720 4 роки тому +8

    This is amazing. Thank you for documentation of this terrible event for the whole southeast.

  • @shadowbolt518
    @shadowbolt518 3 роки тому +5

    I live in Virginia, and we don't have all that many tornadoes, but when we do, our severe weather coverage sucks. But then again, it would hard to live up to the man James Spann!

  • @rdmfeyna-sleep
    @rdmfeyna-sleep 3 роки тому +3

    I lived in Alberta City, east side of Tuscaloosa just past the university. This thing was about a half mile from me, and it was enormous. The sound was like nothing else. Because my particular street was quite hilly, we did not suffer as much damage. But I still to today have a lot of storm anxiety that I'm working through. I thank James Spann and his coverage for literally saving lives, including mine.

  • @EvieDelacourt
    @EvieDelacourt 3 роки тому +7

    This was a terrifying day. This happened in the middle of the work week (I think a Wednesday), and my husband and I both worked in downtown Birmingham in the UAB (university/hospital) area. Everyone in the area had been monitoring the weather closely, because I think there had already been severe storms west of us in the day or two before this, and we knew we were next in line. When we heard the reports of the Tuscaloosa tornado and found out the same massive tornado was headed straight up the interstate in our direction, I think the university closed all non-emergency services so we could leave early. (Or if they didn't, maybe it was my boss at the time who made that call, I can't remember for sure anymore.) I rushed home just minutes ahead of the storm, because I knew the community where I live was also in the direct path, and my children (in middle school and high school at the time) were home alone after school, so I wanted to get to them before the storm hit. My husband didn't get to leave as early, so when the warnings went off, he looked out the window of his high rise building and watched the tornado pass through the north edge of the city just a couple of miles from him, grabbing a few still photos and short video of the immense wedge before dashing downstairs to the basement. I made it back home mere minutes before the storm passed over our area, though it briefly lifted off the ground for several miles as it did before touching down again in the next county over, so we fortunately got through it with no damage, just darkness and a terrifying wall of sound overhead while we hid out in the basement. The next day, we found pharmacy scripts and fast food receipts from Tuscaloosa littering our yard. My daughter and I later went to Tuscaloosa with our church youth group to help participate in the relief efforts and cleanup there, and it looked like Ground Zero of an explosion. That, were it not for those few brief minutes that the tornado lifted back up, could have been how our home had ended up as well.
    James Spann is more of a superhero in the eyes of us "Dixie Alley" residents than any dude on some silver screen wearing spandex and a cape. (I have immense respect for our other local meteorologists also, but Mr. Spann is a true legend.)

  • @sarahboothe1731
    @sarahboothe1731 Рік тому +3

    I was pregnant with my first baby when this tornado hit my home. I'll NEVER forget this day! Not only was I afraid for my unborn baby and myself but my husband was out working in it. Then we helped with search and rescue the next few days afterwards and I've never been able to get the images of pulling victims (alive and deceased)from the rubble out of my mind. So many people died that day! Now today, February 16, 2023, we have a 3/5 severe weather risk. We have a safe plan, we're prepared, but no matter how ready you think you are, it's still hard not to be anxious! Thank you James Spann and team for keeping us updated on the weather for every single day and especially bad weather days! We love and appreciate y'all in Northport Al! 🖤🖤🖤

    • @bingfan22
      @bingfan22 Рік тому +1

      I'm really sorry that you had to go through that! It really must have been terrifying! I wish you and your family all the best!

  • @sierratrilogy
    @sierratrilogy 4 роки тому +19

    James Spann should teach a master class on broadcast meteorology, especially in emergent situations.

  • @timdarr8008
    @timdarr8008 4 роки тому +14

    This meteorologist saves thousands of lives.... people & pets. He knows his geography as well as I know the county that I live in. He is to be credited with the knowledge and keeping people up to date with the areas that the tornado is approaching. We always give credit to police officers, dispatchers, emt’s and firefighters for saving lives ...... but that day we give to James Spann. He busted his ass to keep people alive, and he did just that. Congrats 🎊🎈.

  • @illfcreds
    @illfcreds 4 роки тому +7

    3:31:05 - looking W from Birmingham - wow. That is both a breathtaking and heartbreaking image.

  • @Niallisababe1
    @Niallisababe1 3 роки тому +8

    Of course James is a top meteorologist, but our dude Jason was downright amazing on this historic weather event day as well

  • @rickyricardo4331
    @rickyricardo4331 3 роки тому +3

    The man is a living legend and even finds the time to thank all the behind-the-scenes staff like production and engineering!

  • @guwpi
    @guwpi 4 роки тому +15

    I remember being in 5th grade and school got out early because of this. I got home and we were watching the Tornado live on the news. Scariest thing ever.

    • @omegamemer69420
      @omegamemer69420 3 роки тому +1

      I was a preschooler then and all i remember is waking up and the house was damaged pretty badly, then my grandpa comes and tells me and my mom to get in his truck to go to their basement.

  • @skeekie
    @skeekie 4 роки тому +14

    I was smack dab in the middle of all this...single most terrifying day of my life

  • @steveburtonomaha
    @steveburtonomaha 5 років тому +18

    What these guys did that day was nothing short of heroic.

    • @mws755
      @mws755 3 роки тому

      How was it heroic?

    • @TheGuyHawk
      @TheGuyHawk 3 роки тому +5

      @@mws755 they reported the weather, often down to the affected street name, saving countless lives.

  • @peytonmorris1499
    @peytonmorris1499 6 років тому +8

    I remember this. I lived in Birmingham in the tornado that came through Tuscaloosa came through the metro and it was massive

  • @yesiamyes2403
    @yesiamyes2403 2 роки тому +3

    I was a little girl in the middle of North Carolina when this outbreak brought a tornado right down our street. We were so lucky to have experienced the tail end of it, when it was really only a wall of debris. But many friends and family in Sanford were not so lucky,. They had lost houses, roofs, walls, cars, and even lives. A family friend found a neighbors shed in their tree, and also lost their roof. I remember the fear my mom was in, and later my dad when his work had let them leave, and how little I took it seriously. Now I understand that they had seen the type of damage a tornado could do and were thinking of serious life or death situations. We were without power for about two weeks. I still remember our little storm radio we had to use. We live in a valley, and rarely get more than an hour long thunder storm, we usually just get lots of rain. MAYBE a hail storm but it's very very rare and the hail is very very small. Most times it looks like sleet. We haven't had a tornado in the immediate area since the 2011 April tornado, and I thank God for it. The tornado warnings that have definitely come through in the 10 years since get me on edge every time though, and I immediately prep the bathroom with pillows (its the only protection we got :D ). Tornados may be pushing me to study meteorology, but I definitely wouldn't like to live through one without a storm shelter.

  • @theweakestlink2278
    @theweakestlink2278 5 років тому +13

    Will never forget that day. We had a newborn baby and lived in a double wide mobile home at the time. We were very fortunate the closest tornado stayed several miles away from us that day. That was a nerve racking day to say the least. So many people lost their life.

  • @kennethsummers1887
    @kennethsummers1887 4 роки тому +19

    And Jason bruh u did a hell of a job man

    • @kennethsummers1887
      @kennethsummers1887 4 роки тому +2

      James Nuttes absolutely man. I’ve watched that video of him in the am storms over and over.... first tier hall of famer in my boon

    • @kennethsummers1887
      @kennethsummers1887 4 роки тому +1

      Book

  • @Rhythmmical
    @Rhythmmical 4 роки тому +7

    3:32:00...there's a place called "Malfunction Junction"?

    • @carpe996
      @carpe996 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, 1-65 and 1-59/20 interchange in downtown Birmingham

    • @killersopinion1829
      @killersopinion1829 3 роки тому +1

      It has recently been rebuilt/redesigned. I'm sure the name will stick though.

  • @deborahjohnson5463
    @deborahjohnson5463 4 роки тому +7

    We love James Spann & everyone at 33/40. He is a hero and life saver!!! Give that man a raise and a trophy.

  • @jesperlehmann4336
    @jesperlehmann4336 4 роки тому +6

    I still see this Video in May 2020.. I'm still Blown away and amazed, by how insane and powerful the storms and weather was that day.. I absolutely love storms and Tornadoes 🌪 - but then again, it's terrible every time people are in the path of severe weather and storms.. Stay safe 🙏 love from Denmark 🇩🇰

    • @jaredpatterson1701
      @jaredpatterson1701 4 роки тому +1

      Everything was spinning that day! The only.saving grace was the storms were speeding

  • @fitfogey
    @fitfogey 2 роки тому +5

    Watching this brings it all back again. Went to work during the first morning round and saw spinning clouds go over us. We were like “we are outta here.” Went home and hunkered down before the afternoon big wave came through. No power for 3 days. The thing I wonder is if people remember even after all of the destruction was how beautiful the weather was for those days when none of us had power. Blue skies and cool weather and we also had the every eight year cicada noise in the background. Never forget this time as long as I live.

  • @TasteDaBoot
    @TasteDaBoot 4 роки тому +5

    Got off work and watched this the whole way through. Such a crazy couple years we had . 11,12,13 was non stop supercells.

  • @DaniTheFemby99
    @DaniTheFemby99 2 роки тому +2

    about 4:14:00 it cuts away to about an hour earlier, it picks back up at the correct time about 5:13:00

  • @bigbob1122
    @bigbob1122 4 роки тому +2

    My wife's family lives in Mississippi and any time I make the drive from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa and then down towards Meridian on 59/20 it always blows my mind at just how long the Tuscaloosa tornado was on the ground, it's a LONG drive. In 2011 I lived near Trussville and remember watching the tornado work its way closer and closer to us for over an hour. We fully expected to take a direct hit only for it to lift up briefly near Tarrant before touching back down in St. Clair County and then continuing into Georgia. Even though we were in a basement, that 10-15 minutes it lifted up could very well have saved our lives. Strangely enough, not even a year later on January 23, 2012 an EF3 tornado touched down in Tarrant and essentially filled the gap left in the path of the April 27th tornado, passing about a block away from my home and dissipating right at the St. Clair County line.

  • @2milk867
    @2milk867 3 роки тому +12

    This poor guy had to be on the air for 8 hours... Much respect!

    • @slushiestcrane
      @slushiestcrane 2 роки тому +2

      More than 8. He was on before dawn that day.

  • @khfan6864
    @khfan6864 4 роки тому +9

    Very interesting video, really. I’m from Germany and while we do have some tornados from time to time nothing comes close to the tornadoes you have to face. It’s also usually a bit of a surprise when there is one. So seeing how both of them handle such a situation is very impressive. (I also was a bit surprised seeing a place called Berlin in the U.S.)

    • @beaedens285
      @beaedens285 3 роки тому +6

      Berlin, AL is located in Cullman County. The city of Cullman was actually founded by a German refugee named Cullmann in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He was responsible for many more Germans settling in the area and today Cullman still has strong Germanic traditions, including an annual Oktoberfest. 🙂

    • @khfan6864
      @khfan6864 3 роки тому +4

      @@beaedens285 Thank you very much for this information! It's also very interesting that they still have kept the traditions from here

    • @beaedens285
      @beaedens285 3 роки тому +1

      @@khfan6864 You’re welcome!

  • @Deathsquadstudios4
    @Deathsquadstudios4 Рік тому +1

    Simply the greatest coverage ever by a meteorologist

  • @foxtatertot
    @foxtatertot 3 роки тому +7

    Even 10 years after, this day is remembered.

  • @danm29
    @danm29 5 років тому +7

    I was watching the live stream from here in Kentucky.

  • @royeastham5277
    @royeastham5277 3 роки тому +2

    Good morning everyone! I remember this event and Spann covered it PERFECTLY! Didn’t add drama like so many do!

  • @Bootmahoy88
    @Bootmahoy88 6 місяців тому +2

    I admire how clear and objective James Spann remains throughout this coverage.

  • @Csxrailfan90
    @Csxrailfan90 3 роки тому +3

    James spann is the best chief meteorologist abc 33/40 has

  • @kennywayne999
    @kennywayne999 3 роки тому +4

    So I'm watching this 10 years later, as a parent, and all I can think of is how grateful I am that I wasnt a parent on this day. I lived in Leeds, AL at the time and lost power from the early morning storms, so I never saw a minute of this coverage live. Ignorance really was bliss in this situation, because this is terrifying.

    • @kennywayne999
      @kennywayne999 3 роки тому

      @Lauren Smith km very sorry for everyone's loss.

  • @lhaviland8602
    @lhaviland8602 4 роки тому +12

    27:45 IT BEGINS

  • @calmheart1782
    @calmheart1782 3 роки тому +5

    You can hear how afraid James is for people and see it in mannerisms. But, he stayed so professional and called out the track of the storm and communities in it’s path, saving the lives of so many people.

  • @Roz-90
    @Roz-90 3 роки тому +2

    Watching on the 10th anniversary. There weren't any tornadoes in KY where I am that day, but the footage still blew my mind!

    • @marleysmith281
      @marleysmith281 3 роки тому

      I’m also watching today! I’m from Memphis, Tenn and our area had just a few (that whole weather season in 2011 was NUTS) but I remember watching the coverage of this back then. It was absolutely mind blowing. It’s so strange how these giant tornadoes can be awe inspiring and bone chilling at the same time.

    • @stfu699
      @stfu699 3 роки тому

      It was so bad the weather guy in my area showed the radar and I’m from Alberta Canada